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This may properly be called the revolutions of a life between the fireside, and the
easy-chair. In this we learn, the year in which he was born, at what an early age
he gave symptoms of uncommon genius and application, together with some of ...
This may properly be called the revolutions of a life between the fireside, and the
easy-chair. In this we learn, the year in which he was born, at what an early age
he gave symptoms of uncommon genius and application, together with some of ...
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... and clipping compilers; the works of antiquity were ever praised, those of the
moderns read ; the treasures of our ancestors have our esteem, and we boast the
passion; those of contemporary genius engage our heart, although we blush to ...
... and clipping compilers; the works of antiquity were ever praised, those of the
moderns read ; the treasures of our ancestors have our esteem, and we boast the
passion; those of contemporary genius engage our heart, although we blush to ...
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The poets of the West are as remarkable for their indigence as their genius, and
yet among the nume' rous hospitals designed to relieve the poor, I have heard of
but one erected for the benefit of decayed authors. This was founded by pope ...
The poets of the West are as remarkable for their indigence as their genius, and
yet among the nume' rous hospitals designed to relieve the poor, I have heard of
but one erected for the benefit of decayed authors. This was founded by pope ...
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In this state of solitude and disappointment they continued for many years, still
fishing, but without success; till at last the genius of the place, in pity to their
distresses, changed the prude into a shrimp, and the coquet into an oyster. Adieu
. - -- o - ...
In this state of solitude and disappointment they continued for many years, still
fishing, but without success; till at last the genius of the place, in pity to their
distresses, changed the prude into a shrimp, and the coquet into an oyster. Adieu
. - -- o - ...
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The polite of every country pretty nearly resemble each other. But as in simpleing,
it is among the uncultivated productions of Nature, we are to examine the
characteristic differences of climate and soil, so in an esti". of the genius of the
people ...
The polite of every country pretty nearly resemble each other. But as in simpleing,
it is among the uncultivated productions of Nature, we are to examine the
characteristic differences of climate and soil, so in an esti". of the genius of the
people ...
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| Titel | The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Band 4 The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Autor/in | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Herausgeber | Samuel Rose |
| Verlag | Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 19. Nov. 2013 |
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